Die Vitamine: Ihre Bedeutung fur die Physiologie und Pathologie, Mit 73 Abbildungen im Text

Munchen und Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, 1922. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 2nd printing. Cloth splitting along spine, boards toned and lightly soiled. 1922 Hard Cover. 448 pp. Garrison-Morton 1051 (first published in 1914). German text. A work on physiology and pathology by the Polish biochemist who, based on this work, is credited with the formulation of the concept of vitamins, which he called 'vital amines.' Funk discusses the relationship between vitamins (or lack thereof) and illnesses such as pellagra and rickets. His work shifted scientific thinking significantly, and still affects the way medicine and preventative care are approached. (Inventory #: 2346252)